Cardinal Robert Sarah’s call for “liturgical reconciliation” between the Extraordinary Form (EF) and Ordinary Form (OF) of the Mass, written for the tenth anniversary of Summorum Pontificum earlier this month – and my comment upon it in these pages – generated a quick, thoughtful, and mostly negative reaction from the EF community. The responses are noteworthy. I learned that the expression “liturgical reconciliation”, which Cardinal Sarah proposed to replace “reform of the reform”, can actually be found in Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger’s memoir Milestones:
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Traditionalists reject Cardinal Sarah's liturgical reconciliation plan - but that's not a problem
What matters most is the enrichment of the Novus Ordo, which can happen independently of any changes to the Old Rite
Fr Raymond de Souza

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